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TMZ’S HARVEY LEV TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY THE NEWS BS: “I WAS SO TERRIFIED THAT SOMEBODY WOULD FD OUT.”
That same year, two other former employe filed lawsus agast TMZ: Ryan Nmann alleged that Lev outed him as beg gay to his lleagu, while Taryn Hill alleged genr discrimatn and wrongful termatn. ”One former employee, Ryan Nmann, filed a plat wh the Equal Employment Opportuny Commissn (EEOC) 2014 after Lev allegedly outed him as beg gay to the rt of his lleagu, acrdg to rerds obtaed by BuzzFeed News. But the managg edor of and executive producer and host of TMZ on TV got personal this week while hostg a fundraisg event Wt Hollywood for the Natnal Lbian and Gay Journalists Associatn.
I’m a longtime NLGJA member and arrived at the East-Wt Lounge Wednday night early wh the hop of snaggg an terview wh Harvey about beg gay the news bs and how that has affected his life and reer.
“I’m thkg back a long time when I was startg out as a TV reporter at a lol statn LA and I remember at the time – I was probably my late 20s – and I remember this hell-like fear that if anybody that newsroom found out that that I was gay, that would be over, ” he said. Obvly iends knew I was gay but profsnally I had to shut out. He remembers that when he was out wh iends and if they were a gay tablishment, he ed his abily to sn a room “ three sends” to fd out if there was anyone he knew there.